Another vote for not liking this book too well. I particularly didn't like the tone that he somehow found all the other hikers "beneath" him; the book was humorous, but had very little to do with backpacking.

Much better is White Blaze Fever or any of a dozen other books by people who actually did hike the whole trail with an open mind.

As far as the "humor," it seemed to always come at someone else's expense, unlike the humor of Patrick McManus, which I really love.